Last season, the Golden State Pops Orchestra began a series of chamber music concerts at the Grand Annex in San Pedro, an opportunity to present family-friendly music in an intimate environment.

The concerts were very successful – so successful that they’re back.

A four-concert series by the Chamber Players of Los Angeles begins Sunday with film and TV music – and classical works that have been used by Hollywood – plus instrument demonstrations and a talk by arranger-composer George Shaw about some of his works on the program.

“We’re sort of the house band for these family concerts,” said John Kennedy, music director of the Chamber Players, in a recent phone conversation. “This is our second year doing these concerts. We choose the music and send our suggestions to the Pops, and they respond to them. Between us, we work out the programs.”

The first part of Sunday’s concert will be dedicated to classical works, Kennedy said, “including an arrangement of the overture to Rossini’s `Barber of Seville,’ Brahms’ `Hungarian Dance No. 5′ and Gounod’s `Funeral March of a Marionette.’ ”

Also included are Paul Dukas’ “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Dance of the Hours” from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera “La Giaconda.”

“They are all works that have been used in films and cartoons,” Kennedy explained.

After intermission, the concert will resume with Shaw talking about his arrangements of music from the Harry Potter films, “The Simpsons” and “The Incredibles,” all of which the chamber group will play, along with a “Looney Tunes” medley, the “Pink Panther” theme by Henry Mancini and the Toreador’s Song from the “Carmen Suite” by Bizet.

“The goal of these concerts is to offer chamber music for people who don’t often hear chamber music,” Kennedy said. “We are offering them a concert in the middle of San Pedro in a low-key and comfortable format. People who don’t usually come to concerts can come to these and, we hope, will be attracted by the music.

“The challenge is to find engaging works that get them to come to our concerts and will then inspire them to go to Golden State Pops concerts and other concerts in the community,” he said.

Last year was the tryout for the concept, Kennedy said.

“The concerts have been very well-attended,” he said. “We had students from (Cal State) Dominguez Hills and Cal State Long Beach attend for their class work. We do instrument demonstrations so people can see how they work, and we explain the music, playing themes so they will know what to listen for.

“We have been pretty close to capacity at each concert and we see returning faces,” he said. “We are trying to build an audience, and when we see returning faces we know we have accomplished something.”

The Chamber Players have three more concerts scheduled with the GSPO this season, including a performance of 20th-century music Feb. 21, a concert featuring the work of Alexander Borodin and Kurt Weill May 2, and a program featuring the Schubert Octet in F major June 6.